Obstetric Care by Family Physicians and Infant Mortality in Rural Alabama

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Map of Alabama Counties.
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Cumulative infant mortality rate (IMR) data (infant death per 1000 live births).

Table 1.

State and Selected County Demographics^6,7

County	2000 US Census
County	Population (n)	Nonwhite Race (%)	Eligible for Medicaid (%)
Pickens (intermittent service)	20,949	44.0	23.6
Clarke (continuous service)	27,867	44.1	25.5
Monroe	24,324	42.2	20.1
Coosa (no service)	12,202	36.1	15.9
Conecuh	14,089	44.6	28.1
Alabama	4,447,100	24.2	15.2

Table 3.

Cumulative Infant Mortality Rate of Selected Counties During Periods 1, 2, and 3

Data are infant deaths per 1000 live births, unless otherwise indicated. Values with different superscript lowercase letters within each row differ significantly (P < .05).
↵* Mean rates.
IMP, infant mortality rate.

Table 4.

Cumulative Rate of Low Birth Weight in Selected Counties During Periods 1, 2, and 3

Low birth weight (LBW) values with different superscript lowercase letters within each row differ significantly (P < .05).
↵* Mean rates.

Table 5.

Cumulative Births to Females Aged 10 to 19 Years in Selected Counties for Periods 1, 2, and 3

Data are percentages unless otherwise indicated. Values with different superscript lowercase letters within each row differ significantly (P < .05).
↵* Data are from 1990 (period 1), 1997 (period 2), and 2009 (period 3).